6th PhD Seminar on Wind Energy in Europe

The seminar

The seminar will provide an opportunity for PhD Students and their supervisors from all over Europe to exchange information and experience on research in wind energy, to meet new people and create networks. The seminar will include:

• oral and poster student presentations
• guest lectures from the Norwegian offshore wind industry, given by Finn Gunnar Nielsen (Statoil), Ivan Østvik (Norwind) and Terje Gjengedal (Statnett)
• visit of NTNU wind energy research facilities
• an excursion to Smøla wind farm
• a social program including conference dinner

As in previous years, the seminar will have free attendance, but accommodation has to be arranged by the participants themselves.

Call for papers and program

All PhD students are invited to present their work in form of an oral presentation or a poster. A short paper is requested which will be issued as a paper collection to all participants. The following deadlines are established:

• 15.06.2010 for submission of abstracts
• 31.08.2010 for submission of papers (Download template)

The seminar will be held on Thursday 30.09. and Friday 01.10. with the offer to join an excursion to the wind farm at Smøla on Friday/Saturday as indicated in the program.

The excursion

Smøla wind farm is located on the island of Smøla on the north-west coast of Southern Norway. The wind farm is situated in a flat and open landscape 10-40 meters above sea level, with the wind turbines dotted along the ridges of hills. 68 wind turbines with respectively 2.0 and 2.3 MW generate around 450 GWh in a normal year. The wind farm was built in two phases, 2002 and 2005 and was at the time of its opening Europe's largest onshore wind power facility.

The excursion will start after the seminar on Friday afternoon by bus to Smøla where we will stay for the night. The visit of the wind farm is planned for Saturday morning, before we leave Smøla again in the afternoon. Transport to and from the island as well as accommodation at Smøla will be financed by the seminar organisers. The number of participants is limited to 50 persons, related to the order of registration.

Please indicate in the application form if you want to join this trip or not.

Location and accommodation

Trondheim is the third largest city of Norway located at the Trondheim fjord, app. 500km south of the Polar Circle. Trondheim has around 180.000 inhabitants, whereof every sixth is a student. The city is the Norwegian center of technical and medical education and research with NTNU and SINTEF (the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia) and has a rich cultural life with an international flavour.

More information about the city and how to get there.

For accommodation:

• Cheap: Trondheim youth hostel
  Early booking is recommended, only 27 single rooms available.

• We have reserved 50 single rooms at Thon Hotel Trondheim with a seminar rate from 29th September to 1st October (795 NOK per night), specify reference number 3743170 when ordering a room.
  Rooms have to be ordered before 31.08. to make use of this reservation.

• An other 30 single rooms are reserved at Comfort Hotel Trondheim with a seminar rate from 29th September to 1st October (795 NOK per night), specify reference number 28907 when ordering a room. Breakfast and free wireless internet access is included.
  Rooms have to be ordered before 31.08. to make use of this reservation.

• Other: Hotels in Trondheim...

Information and registration

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. The deadline for conference registration was 31.08.2010.
Accommodation has to be booked separately by the participants, please follow the links above.


Are you interested in a late registration after 31.08.2010, please contact Daniel Zwick.